Archive for the ‘arcade fire’ tag

the hood internet – decalogue

We all know that I love a nice mash-up as much as the next person. But it is rare that we hear a “concept mashup”, which is exactly what we’ve got ourselves today thanks to The Hood Internet. That is, each portion of the track is a mashup of two songs from each year of the past decade. Two songs from 2000, 2001, etc. See the full list of tracks by year below. I first heard this track last night thanks to James at Mediated Media and it was pretty much love at first site. I definitely smiled more than once when the song would break into the next year/mashup. …read more and hear the song…

the middle east – blood

since i am an idiot who cant handle entering post dates, i am now left with an extra day to fill this week, but fortunately i heard an excellent song recently that seems perfect for a little wednesday action. the band is called the middle east and is one of two bands from australia that youll be hearing this week (the next comes on friday….get excited for that). i myself am a middle easterner, so i like this song a bit more just because of the band name (in addition to the song being excellent). this all reminds me of my sisters friend who back in high school wrote a faux love song about a fellow middle eastern girl. it was entitled, “im from the midwest, shes from the mid east”. …read more and hear the song…

climax week day 2 – arcade fire

so what did everyone think of day 1 of climax week with dailybeatz? was it as good as you thought it would be, or even better? i sure hope so. if it wasnt, just tell me what i can do to make it better next time. im watching an hour long recap of bonnaroo on the fuse channel right now. why did nobody tell me about the fuse channel before? i think its basically what mtv was before it became 24/7 reality television, but much better. looks like they show tons of live shows, interviews, and exclusive performances. i will probably watch it at least a few more times in my day. …read more and hear the song…

quasi new tunes from dirty projectors

my history with dirty projectors is a short one, but they seem to be turning up everywhere i look. first i heard their duet with david byrne – knotty pine – which is the opening track of the red hot compilation “dark was the night”, and i liked it quite a bit. then i read about their show in new york with bjork. i guess they wrote some original music for five voices and performed at housing works bookstore in new york city with bjork. the show was to benefit housing works, which according to their site works to end the twin crises of aids and homelessness. i wonder if bjork approached them or vice versa. either way, maybe the coolest thing ever. then i heard todays track and loved it. then i was walking to fill up my water at bonnaroo and was lucky enough to walk by their show and catch a few minutes of it. i never really searched out any of these things, so i feel like they are following me, but in a really good way. …read more and hear the song…